Endophytic fungi related to the ash dieback causal agent encode signatures of pathogenicity on European ash by Maryam Rafiqi, Chatchai Kosawang, Jessica A. Peers, Lukas Jelonek, Hélène Yvanne, Mark McMullan, Lene R. Nielsen

“…Ash dieback is a fungal disease of major conservational concern that is infecting common ash trees, Fraxinus excelsior, in Europe. The disease is caused by a non-native fungal pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. …”
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Personalized screening strategies for TP53 R337H carriers: a retrospective cohort study of tumor spectrum in Li-Fraumeni syndrome adult carriersResearch in context by Pedro A.F. Galante, Gabriela D.A. Guardia, Janina Pisani, Renata L. Sandoval, Mateus C. Barros-Filho, Ana Carolina Leite Vieira Costa Gifoni, Diogo F.C. Patrão, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Vitor Fiorin de Vasconcellos, Claire Freycon, Arnold Levine, Pierre Hainaut, Maria Isabel Achatz

“…Common second malignancies were breast cancer in females and lung cancer in males. …”
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Cardiac hydatid cyst: case series and review of the literature by Jingjie Wang, Xing Liu, Yierzhati Aizezi, Wenzhe Li, Jingnan Xu, Yi Wang, Xiangyou Yu

“…Chest pain (6 patients) was a common symptom if the cyst was in the heart, dyspnea, or cough (3 patients) if it was in the lungs, and epilepsy (1 patient) if it was in the brain. …”
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Awareness about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease among Chinese otolaryngologists: a nationwide survey by Chen Zhao, Liang Tang, Ting Chen, Hui Yang, Xiong Chen, Xiaobo Cui, Li Shi, Xiangping Li, Jian He, Xiaoxia Peng, Shuifang Xiao, Jinrang Li, Hongliang Zheng, Junbo Zhang, Shuihong Zhou, Donghui Chen, Xuping Xiao, Hui Huangfu, Zhenfeng Tao, Yehai Liu, Shenhong Qu, Guangke Wang, Linli Tian, Wensheng Zhou, Hongyan Fang, Yongwang Huang, Guodong Yu, Zhenqun Lin, Ruixia Ma, Zhaoyan Yu

“…Objectives This study aimed to investigate the status of the current knowledge about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) among Chinese otolaryngologists.Design Multi-centre cross-sectional survey.Setting 220 medical centres in different regions of China.Participants A total of 2254 otolaryngologists from 220 medical centres in China who were successfully on-site surveyed between November 2019 and December 2020.Main outcome measures Awareness about LPRD included knowledge about risk factors, symptoms, laryngoscope signs, related diseases, current diagnostic methods and treatments.Results The percentage of participants who had heard of LPRD was 96.4%, with academic conferences as the most common source of information (73.3%). The most commonly known risk factor, symptom, laryngoscope sign, related disease, diagnostic method and treatment were alcohol consumption (44.0%), pharyngeal foreign body sensation (66.9%), hyperaemia (52.4%), pharyngolaryngitis (54.8%), pH monitoring (47.6%) and medication (82.1%), respectively. …”
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Risk factors for re-hospitalization within 90 days of discharge for severe influenza in children by Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Can Qi, Yinghui Guo, Le Wang

“…The median length of readmission was 62 (IQR, 31–76) days, and the most common cause of readmission was pneumonia. M. pneumoniae and influenza virus are the most common infections for readmission The children who were readmitted were more likely to have critical influenza and neurological comorbidities compared to patients without readmission. …”
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Indoor Black Carbon Concentrations and their Sources in Residential Environments: Validation of an Input-adaptive Proxy Model by Jiangyue Zhao, Pak Lun Fung, Martha Arbayani Zaidan, Birgit Wehner, Kay Weinhold, Alfred Wiedensohler, Tareq Hussein

“…However, BC has been under-measured and under-studied compared to other common indoor gaseous and particulate pollutants. …”
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Interventions to improve media coverage of medical research: a codesigned feasibility and acceptability study with Australian journalists by Brooke Nickel, Ray Moynihan, Alexandra Barratt, Kirsten J McCaffery, Loai Albarqouni, Tessa Copp, Thomas Dakin, Liam Mannix

“…Preworkshop and postworkshop questionnaires were administered via Qualtrics.Measures Acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, and journalists’ knowledge of overdiagnosis and common issues with health stories. Quantitative results were analysed descriptively using SPSS. …”
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Composite Primary Outcomes Reported in Studies of Critical Care: A Scoping Review by Prashanti Marella, MD, Sansuka De Silva, Antony G. Attokaran, Kevin B. Laupland, PhD, Lars Eriksson, BA, Mahesh Ramanan, MMed

“…The most common statistical paradigm used was frequentist (63/71, 88.7%) and the study follow-up time was 90 days with 28 studies using this timeline (28/71, 39.4%). …”
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Understanding Patterns of the Gut Microbiome May Contribute to the Early Detection and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review by Natalia G. Bednarska, Asta Kristine Håberg

“…We performed a systematic review to assess if there were any common changes in microbiome belonging to diabetic, prediabetic and healthy individuals. …”
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Aetiological, seasonal and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of diarrhoeal diseases in Bhutan (2016–2022): a retrospective study of surveillance data by Sangay Dorji, Kinley Gyem, Sonam Pelden, Dorji Tshering, Kinley Penjor, Rinzin Wangchuk, Jigme Tenzin, Birdi Lal Phuyel

“…Seasonal trends revealed that bacterial pathogen incidence peaked during the summer/monsoon season, viral pathogens were more common in winter and spring, and parasites persisted year-round. …”
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Genetic structure of the population of wild-growing vines of the Utrish Nature Reserve by E. T. Ilnitskaya, M. V. Makarkina, I. V. Gorbunov, I. V. Stepanov, T. D. Kozina, E. A. Kozhevnikov, V. K. Kotlyar

“…Grapes are one of the most common agricultural crops in the world. Currently, the analysis of genotypes directly at the DNA level is considered to be the most accurate method for studying the plant gene pool. …”
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The association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor 3 with susceptibility/resistance of Magallana gigas to Halomonas sp. 7T by Hongmei Fan, Qingyu Peng, Tianbao Liu, Lei Fang, Chuanyan Yang, Ning Kong, Lingling Wang, Linsheng Song

“…The gene coding region sequence of MgTNF-3 gene from two oyster populations (the bacterial-resistant population and the common population) was cloned, and the polymorphisms within this region were investigated to analyze their association with bacterial resistance. …”
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Minimally invasive needle tenotomy vs. platelet rich plasma injection in the treatment of chronic elbow epicondylitis by Chantal T. Nguyen, MD, Michelle H. Lee, MD, Matthew W. Kaufman, MD, Yue Meng, MD, Jyotsna A. Koduri, MD, Geoffrey Abrams, MD, Emilie V. Cheung, MD, Michael T. Freehill, MD, Eugene Y. Roh, MD

“…Background: Medial and lateral epicondylitis, characterized by repetitive microtraumas to common flexor and extensor tendons, respectively, are common causes of elbow pain in adults. …”
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Clinical Outcome of High Tibial Osteotomy by Hemicallotasis Using a Dynamic Axial Fixator on 52 Knees by Anand Kumar Gupta, Debojyoti Mukherjee, Sanjay Kumar

“…The knee is the most commonly affected joint, and replacement surgeries are the main modality of treatment in advanced cases. …”
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Postoperative Outcomes of Modified Carnoy’s Solution versus 5-Fluorouracil for Chemical Cauterisation following Enucleation and Peripheral Ostectomy in Patients with Odontogenic Ke... by Nidhi Vijay Kumar Bodiwala, Nitin Bhola

“…Modified Carnoy’s Solution (MCS) is commonly used due to its effectiveness, while 5FU, an antimetabolite used in cancer treatment, presents a newer approach. …”
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Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia duodenalis and Eimeria spp. in diarrhoeic suckling calves from north-western Spain and analysis of their interactions by Cynthia López-Novo, Seila Couso-Pérez, Alberto Prieto, Jose Manuel Díaz-Cao, David García-Dios, Gonzalo López-Lorenzo, Susana Remesar, Elvira Ares-Mazás, Ceferino López, Patrocinio Morrondo, Hipólito Gómez-Couso, Pablo Díaz

“…Eleven C. parvum zoonotic subtypes were detected, with IIaA15G2R1 as the most common; only G. duodenalis assemblage E was identified. …”
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A ten-year evaluation of central nervous system cystic echinococcosis in a highly endemic area of Iran: Molecular epidemiology and clinicopathological characteristics by Mohsen Najjari, Ali Dehesht Manesh, Shahab Rezaeian, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farrash, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Mohammad Ebrahimipour

“…Children were the most affected age group, with the E. granulosus s.s. genotypes being the most common.…”
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Fever, uveitis, and myocarditis as the initial presentation of Behcet's Disease: A case report and review of the literature by Vishal Mangal, Yogendra Mishra, Amar Tej Atal, Divya Kochhar, Durga Madhab Tripathy, Manish Manrai

“…The involvement of the vascular system, heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and the brain is less common, and BD myocarditis is very rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. …”
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Interventions to improve primary healthcare in rural settings: A scoping review. by Kris Aubrey-Basler, Krystal Bursey, Andrea Pike, Carla Penney, Bradley Furlong, Mark Howells, Harith Al-Obaid, James Rourke, Shabnam Asghari, Amanda Hall

“…<h4>Background</h4>Residents of rural areas have poorer health status, less healthy behaviours and higher mortality than urban dwellers, issues which are commonly addressed in primary care. Strengthening primary care may be an important tool to improve the health status of rural populations.…”
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A COMBINATION TECHNIQUE OF AUTOLOGOUS AUGMENTATION AND BREAST LIFTING IN HYPOPLASTIC-THIRD GRADE PTOTIC BREAST: A CASE REPORT by Beta Subakti Nataatmadja, Nida' Fahima Amatullah, Loelita Marcelia Lumintang

“…While prosthetic implants are common in breast surgery, the patient declined that option. …”
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